Highlights of Hanoi Full-Day City Tour

1. Hanoi
   30m
   08:00 - 08:30: Tour guide and bus will pick you up from your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter or Hanoi Opera House.
2. Chua Tran Quoc
   30m
   First, you will set your foot at Tran Quoc Pagoda, the oldest pagoda in Hanoi from 6th century. The pagoda has a good position near West Lake. In Lunar New Year, the pagoda always attracts a big amount of people with good luck wishes before finishing the tour.
3. Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
   1h · Admission ticket included
   Next, we visit the Complex of President Ho Chi Minh (Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum and Stilt house), this is place where our great leader lived and worked until the last years of his life. Here, you will have the opportunity to learn about Uncle Ho's simple life. In addition, stop by One Pillar Pagoda to admire one of the 4 symbols of Hanoi.
   Note: On every Mondays, Fridays and annual maintenance and restoration from September 4 to November 2, 2026, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is closed, we just visit outside.
4. Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
   1h · Admission ticket included
   This is the most recent yet probably the largest and undoubtedly the most interesting Museums in Ha Noi and Viet Nam. There are both indoors and outdoors section, while the in – housed exhibition is particularly informative, the outdoors display and activities make the museum stand out from the rest. There are a number of houses modeling after the traditional architecture of ethnic minorities, especially those who live in Northern and Central highlands. The Museum closes on Mondays and New Year Holidays, we visit Ho Chi Minh museum OR Vietnamese women museum instead
5. Temple of Literature & National University
   1h · Admission ticket included
   After lunch at local restaurant, we visit Temple of Literature - Quoc Tu Giam (Imperial Academy), which was considered the first university in Vietnam. Literature lake, Khue Van Pavilion, stele house... are valuable highlight objects that you cannot ignore. The tour guide will tell you about of 82 doctor stele stones with names of 1306 people standing until nowadays. After that, we will have lunch at local restaurant.
6. Hoa Lo Prison
   1h · Admission ticket included
   We will continue tour at Hoa Lo prison, one of the most “terrible hell” in Vietnam in 20th century. The prison was established 1896 by French colonial government to detain political prisoners. Spend your time to listen stories about Vietnam war from tour guide while observing items in the prison. The city tour ends. You can choose to continue with Cyclo ride or having Water Puppet show (select options)

Pickup details

Pick up time will be varied from 8:00 – 8:30 inside Old Quarter area. We will inform you the exact time as receiving your hotel address. The pickup time depends on traffic jam, weather and other customers in group tour. Therefore, the driver and tour guide take time to collect all customers. If they come late, we hope that you can sympathize for this inconvenience and patiently wait them.

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• On Mondays and Fridays, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is closed, we just can visit outside.
• You should bring a hat and sunscreen
• Wear comfortable walking shoes and clothes. Please DO NOT wear shorts as we visit Mausoleum and Pagoda
• Additional transfer fee for customers staying outside the Old Quarter
• Please advise us if you have any inquires for food or other before the departure day.
• If you choose to have Cyclo ride or Water Puppet show, the drop off at hotel is not included.
• Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is closed for maintenance under yearly plan, from 10 June 2024 until 13 August 2024, we just visit outside.